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@gatorboi352 The lowest dips Wii U has suffered have been between 3,500 to 5,000 units. That was around spring-summer of last year during the huge Wii U drought of 2013. Hope it can never repeat... but considering there's still 3 months left for Mario Kart 8 and no big retail releases in between... damn.

I just really hope X doesn't become this difficult to buy like this game : (

Glad to see at least Wii U selling as usual even with the release of PS4. I honestly thought PS4 would sell waaaay more but really just sold the same as Wii U on launch week. Now the Next Generation is pretty much all setup on Japan and the real battle of consoles can begin (I'm not even going to mention Xbone. Microsoft shouldn't even bother on release that console on Japan.)

Nintendo creates some of the best music on gaming... ironically, those soundtracks can't been appreaciated anywhere other than the game itself. Super Mario 3D World and DKC: Tropical Freeze are the latest examples. If both soundtracks where on iTunes, I'm 98% they would be on the top ten downloads! I read somewhere that NOA doesn't bother with soundtracks because they can't deal with a new licensing department with their music to the people who want to use them and stuff I guess it's the same reason we barely see Nintendo merchandise in stores other than simple figurines. Sigh.

Cool! I had a blast playing the Murphy levels with the gamepad and the stylus, they are really well designed and I don't think I could get used to play those levels without the touchscreen in other consoles.

If Miyamoto doesn't announce the Year of Yoshi next, I'm going to be so dissapointed haha. Come on, Nintendo! It's time for Yoshi to shine!

@Fazermint hahah so true! But I think... this just shows how Nintendo just don't care on bringing 3rd Party stuff to their consoles. We don't even know if we would have the next CoD or the next Assassin's Creed considering that even Watch_Dogs is in risk of being cancelled on Wii U with that "delay" pretext... DO SOMETHING NINTENDO! Times have changed you can't manage this train alone anymore, even if you still continue creating amazing 1st party games, the 3 month drought between each big 1st party retail game is just ridiculous!

"THERE IS NO HOPE"

AWESOME! So glad it turned out great! (it was obvious, It's Retro Studios! Come on!) So glad also to know that this is a tough platformer, this would increase the value of beating each level and finding secrets, collectibles, etc. Too bad that some reviewers (cough -Gamespot- cough) take that point against the game almost like if it being so difficult was something bad, that's what happens when most games nowadays have tons of hand-holding or they are just simply way too easy and when a tough and challenging game appears they can't stand it and they prefer to blame the actual game and not themselves for not being skillfull Excuse me, but games used to be THIS TOUGH 10, 15 years ago and most of those games back then are classics because of that. When beating those games gave you a feeling of true achievement and satisfaction and I'm super glad this game gives you exactly those feelings! I'm super ready for this game, friday can't come soon enough!!

Also, this is an exclusive line to praise David Wise job on this game because the tunes I've been listening so far are E P I C!!!

To be fair even PS4 and Xbone have no major releases this six months of the year other than inFAMOUS: Second Son on PS4 and Titanfall on Xbone that is not even an exclusive since it's going to be on PC and 360 as well. Same of the same, guns, FPS's, generic looking characters, lot's of cutscenes, etc. Nintendo at least would have TWO big exclusive titles this first 6 months: DKC: Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8, then a week later after MK8's release, THE DAMN E3 when the all-mighty Zelda U would be revealed. Let's enjoy what we have now and what iit's coming soon, in this case, DKC: Tropical Freeze! Just 5 more dayssssssssss.

Edit: You know what I think? I think Xbone is going to be in a very difficult position soon. It's selling less than expected and that's just because how expensive is thanks to that damn Kinect and it's multimedia-television focused features that most gamers don't care about. It's slightly less powerful than PS4 and that is a huge deal-breaker for most people nowadays and it doesn't have any other big exclusives coming other than Halo... and Halo stopped being cool since Halo 3 back in 2007 so...... Not everything is "Nintendo is doomed"

So great to finally see a Wii U game on the top of pre-orders at least in Japan considering there's still more than 3 months left for release. Let's hope as we come closer to May 30 the game can reach critical levels of hype so both the game and Wii U console can sell like pancakes. Then a week later is E3 and there let's hope Nintendo can now really bring the all-mighty bombs so Wii U can finally gain momentum until the big 2014 holiday release: Smash Bros.

It delivered, it was a nice Direct. I was expecting some big new game announcements, especially for Wii U and that 3 month drought between DKC: Tropical Freeze and MK8. 3DS once again filling with lot's of variety and cool games coming literally each week from now until May with Mario Golf and Kirby Triple Deluxe. I was kinda dissapointed that X still has that vague window release from 2014, and that still doesn't even have an official name. Bayonetta 2 same, but oh my god that new Bayo 2 trailer was AMAZING!

I've been reading that people are dissapointed that Wii U once again is going to have a big drought of games or huge gaps between 1st party games considering Wii U has any 3rd Party support anymore, but hey! There would be more Nintendo Directs coming and of course THE DAMN E3! When the all-might Zelda U would be finally revealed! It's not like we need to have a big retail game every 3 weeks, I'm still need to finish Wind Waker HD, New Super Mario Bros U, trying to 100% Super Mario 3D World and next week the awesome DKC: Tropical Freeze would arrive. Plus, I have like 4 or 5 Wii games that I haven't played yet! So yeah not complains here for that 3 month drought without big retail release. There's always something available already to play, lot's of great indie games on the eShop, Virtual Console stuff, etc.

!!!!!!!! It's happening, I don't what but it's happening!

I'm trying to stay as calm as I can... but that retweet from the Director of X's wife is just something to be truly excited about, considering she only retweets when games from his husband are going to be shown! That and a couple of producers at Platinum Games as well, meaning we also gonna see more of Bayonetta 2 and (hopefully) a damn release date. MK8, Smash stuff revealing a new character with an epic reveal trailer like when they revealed Rosalina, an unnanounced game (PLEASE NEW METROID SIDE-SCROLLING METROID FOR 3DS!!) Ahhhh and DKC: Tropical Freeze next week, aiming to be better than Rayman Legends and NSMBU together. And the Year of Yoshi confirmed. I'm starting to feel hope once again, after weeks of dissapointment and bad news with Wii U and sales and stuff. Nintendo needs to bring some big guns right now... Not Zelda U tough, that game is reserved to be their epic megaton for E3. But some appearence confirmation on today's ND would be nice, even a 5 second teaser.

OH MY GOD FINALLY! This is it, guys, this is the Nintendo Direct we've been waiting for, after weeks of bad news and dissapointment with Wii U sales, investors stuff, etc. It's time for Nintendo to prove why they are the best and why they have been around on the industry more than any other gaming company!... sigh or actually nope considering this is just for Spring news, so I'm honestly with low expectation for the good. But it's time to make it big! Iwata always announces something new! Drop some bombs, and just omg looking forward for tomorrow!

Edit: I was about to write that maybe it would not be so big considering Nintendo Japan haven't announced nothing yet... But they did it just now on their twitter! So now the hype is genuine and big!! We can have some big announcements omg!

No 3DS games on the handheld category is just impossible. Oh well, go SM3DW! It should win for best music, this game has the best soundtrack I've heared in ages! Damn good jazzy/funky/disco/rock/electronic songs, it has a bit of everything!

This is great! But SM3DW JUST winning for best Kids Game? It should have won Game of the Forever. I'm 95% sure it was the most played game among 20's, 30's and even 40's people. Kids are busy playing (trolling) in CoD, GTA and Minecraft... Well, I'm 23 years old and Super Mario 3D World was my favorite and most played game of 2013. I'm remembering the first time I arrived at Bowser World... dat presentation and DAT MUSIC, damn I got chills just by remember that, it was so amazing!

I agree with @datamonkey Nintendo tought they would make success once again with Wii U by bringing a totally different and unique type of controller like it was with Wii but it's failing very badly even if the actual concept of the Gamepad is very, very good IMO. The reason? Terrible marketing work and the actual name of the console. Wii U still confuses casual people thinking it's an add-on for Wii, that's why Just Dance 2014 sold even more on Wii! How the heck that could be possible!!? Because casual people go to stores and say: "Hey here's Just Dance 2014, but one copy says Wii U and the other says Wii... Wii U sounds like it's a special edition or something, plus it's more expensive, and we already have a Wii so let's buy the one that says Wii on the box"

I would never understand why the hell Nintendo used the "Wii" brand once again on the name for their next-gen console. They could had name it "Nintendo U" or just simply "U" idk! But something completely different, that could had solved 80% of the problems Wii U is facing right now I'm sure.

And Nintendo, in total silence as always, they are releasing DKC: Tropical Freeze in less than two weeks, it's shaping to be an insanely awesome game probably better than Rayman Legends and NSMBU together and yeah, we have seen commercials on the TV? ads on YouTube like PS4/Xbone was doing when they launched their consoles? Nope and nope, almost zero of it. They have a great console but that's not enough, Nintendo needs to go out and offer it to every single 3rd Party developer, and that means, offering all kinds of support and technical help, lot's of entusiasm just like Sony is doing with it's 3rd Party games by creating exclusive content for games like Destiny and Watch_Dogs on PS4.

Let's admit, Nintendo lives in a cloud, they think they can manage all the stuff on their own, that means, ignoring all kinds of 3rd Party support for the most part, but that needs to change insanely bad right now because even Nintendo hardcore fans just can't keep supporting this anymore. Almost two months without a Nintendo Direct or actual Nintendo news in terms of games or something exciting in general. Mario Kart 8 releases in May but what about March and April? Another 2 month drought without retail releases!? And what's next after MK8? Another 3/4 month drought until september to see if we can at least have Smash there or we have to wait until 2015 if it's delayed? I don't even see Bayonetta 2 or X releasing this year anymore, and Yarn Yoshi it's probably cancelled since we have not seen any of that game since it's original announcement more than a year ago...

See? That's what happens when Nintendo stays in silence for so long. We start thinking the worst! Aw Nintendo, I just hope you are planning something big that could benefit you as a company and us as customers because we are losing all hopes, seriously.

Woah, the creator of Flappy Bird should be proud that even Nintendo already knows about his creation, but that's probably just because of the Super Mario tubes rip-off controversy tough, not because the game is good or something.

Edit: You know what I think? I think most of this mobile games about birds (especially Angry Birds) are based on Nintendo characters... The best example? Pyoro from the Wario Ware games. Angry birds is the best example. The main Angry Bird character is exactly like Pyoro, even it has the exact same body colors, and the actual gameplay of Angry Birds could have been based on Pyoro T, a mini-game on Wario Ware: Touched for Nintendo DS released in 2005. There, you have to touch Pyoro and drag it on the touch screen and release it so Pyoro can eat all enemies with it's tongue... Just like Angry Birds where you have to touch and drag to release them to destroy enemies...

It is the official box art, Nintendo published on the Investors Meeting slides on it's website and it is the same as this one. I love it! Nintendo has been doing awesome crazy detailed artworks for their 1st party box arts lately (Pikmin 3, Super Mario 3D World, etc.) This is the reason why I'm still buying retail over digital

@Agent721 There's no doubt TLoU is awesome, heck, I'm sure if it was an actual movie it could easily win an Oscar. I didn't played it but I watched a cousin who has a PS3 playing it and the overall experience you mentioned is true. But the actual gameplay... I just feel SM3DW has more variety on that area and has non-stop action from beginning to end, but in the end, both are just completely awesome (and different from each other) games anyway so both have pros and cons on their respective genres.

Oh well, on this era when people praise games because of their story rather than it's gameplay, it's not surprising The Last of Us wins everything. Super Mario 3D World for example is a PURE videogame on every single aspect. videogames doesn't have to rely on amazing stories only, they need to have a mix of everything enhancing gameplay and creativity the most as they can, something that SM3DW beats easily to TLoU, but the majority of gaming websites don't think that anymore, they prefer beautiful cutscenes with deep stories... and guns.

Damn this game wasn't on my radar but looks like it's getting great reviews everywhere and with that awesome collectors edition... I think I might bite and get it haha.

Phew! Good to know. It's a day one game for me.

Wait what, a 3rd party exclusive game for Wii U?! I wasn't expecting this and... IT LOOKS COOL! It looks like is going to be a decent open-world action/adventure game, plus the graphics are looking surprisingly good, better than Sonic Lost World that's for sure! But those new characters on the trailer look awful honestly, but since this is an early reveal trailer I'm sure they would improve them. Looking forward to know more about this game.

Hell yeah! Glad to see indie games are still strong on supporting Wii U. My wallet not so much but oh well

Looks great! I'll be honest, this pay method as DLC has more value (and gameplay time) than those AAA FPS's (cough, CoD, BF4 cough... not including multiplayer of course) Hyped for this game, it's gonna be nice to have a FPS on 3DS.

I don't understand... Nintendo Land excels at using the Gamepad capabilities. Game and Wario as well but that game is so bizarre that just simply would not work to attract the casual market and people in general. Maybe a Nintendo Land sequel could highlight even more the Gamepad capabilities and if they mix it with a strong advertisement and TV commercials, this could enhance Wii U in that aspect a lot.

There's no doubt Wii U would have epic 1st Party games and that MK8 and Smash 4 are aiming to be the best entries on their respective fields. The problem (to me) are the huge gaps of time between those games, 3 or sometimes 4 months between 1st party games and literally nothing to play in between -meaning- 3rd Party games... Let's not forget indie games of course but If they manage to bring a couple of 3rd Party games each month, mixed with their 1st party each 3, 4 months and indie games-Virtual Console, Wii U could easily make a great return to being relevant to the masses, but that only depends if Nintendo can suceed this time in properly communicate the value of Wii U, a value that it truly has because it's such a great console.

This can be another smash-success like Animal Crossing was. Western people really like life-simulators like The Sims, or in this case Animal Crossing and considering the big install base that the 3DS already has, it could succeed easily. Looking forward to know more about this (and possibly an estimate of when it can be released)

I honestly was waiting for more severe changes in order to improve Wii U as a whole on the near future at the Investors meeting, plus all of this announcements are just vague plans that I'm sure Nintendo has not begin to work on those yet ... MK8 in May... it's cool and it's aiming to be the best MK on the series but we're gonna have another drought of worthy games since february with DK: Tropical Freeze all the way through May. DK: TF is going to be awesome and it would keep us busy for weeks I'm sure even months if we try to 100% the game, but having just 1 game every 3 months is not gonna help Wii U at all. But again, since this was an Investors meeting Iwata's main focus was with them. Now it's our turn, the gamers/customers with a damn NINTENDO DIRECT!! Seriously, Nintendo, it's been more than a month! We need game announcements, release dates, something to recover hope on Wii U!

Hiroshi Yamauchi was an insanely wise man. He was the true definition of a visionary, and thanks to that, Nintendo can enjoy of having "Deep pockets" in savings... that means: BUYING/ACQUIRING GAME STUDIOS!! Just imagine, they acquire Japanese Studios like Capcom, Platinum Games, even Square-Enix (a man can dream right?) so they can develop games from dead franchises like F-Zero, Starfox, Earthbound, etc. and Western Studios so they can develop new and original IP's! and Nintendo's own studios can focus entirely on their big franchises like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, etc and create the coolest games from each franchise for Wii U... Wow, THEY REALLY should start doing that, fortunately, Iwata is practically telling us just that so let's hope this plans can develop soon.

Damn it! Too bad I'm from Mexico and Nintendo doesn't care about us or Latin America at all

I was one of those people that lost the DS era almost completely. I just had the original DS model on 2004 for a few months when it was released and the only game I had was Wario Ware: Touched and I was truly obssesed with that game, so much fun (and because of that is my personal choice to see it on VC on Wii U!). After that I have to sell it because of family issues and I never had the chance to buy one again so I'm very glad DS games are coming for VC. I'm looking forward to play all of them! I didn't even know there was an Advance Wars game for DS! I though the one on GBA was the only one. So cool.

ALTTP, ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME! Now I can do my Zelda marathon with ALTTP and then ALBW! Toki Tori 2 discount is sweeeeet as well!

The box art was revealed as well and it looks AMAZING, even better than the Super Mario 3D World cover IMO! It was posted on the meeting schedule on the Nintendo Japan website in a very low resolution tough, hope it becomes available in high-res soon.

So, no Nintendo Direct and looks like no high-profile announcements and changes for Nintendo and Wii U at the investors meeting other than "Please understand" quotes all over (Hopefully I'm wrong)...

Iwata, Miyamoto, I salute you. Of course they would not fire anybody, they have THE BEST game developers on the industry, do you think Nintendo want to lay off Koji Kondo, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Eiji Aonuma, Takashi Tezuka, etc? Those are truly masters on their fields, so of course Nintendo would never let them go!

Well, Wii U has not released any big games since November with Super Mario 3D World, it's obvious is gonna drop positions. Man, no Wii U games since november... and there's still 3 weeks left to get DK Tropical Freeze. This is the exact problem Wii U has been facing since pretty much it's release, those huge gaps of 3 or almost 4 months between 1st party games and literally NOTHING worthy to play between those times, meaning, no 3rd Party games... Xbone and PS4 just got Tomb Raider Definite Edition this week for example, and Wii U? Well, just got 1 single NES Virtual Console game... And let's remember we don't even have Super Mario Bros 3 or ALTTP in America. I'm such a very loyal fan but seriously, Nintendo, this is getting ridiculous... 1 single NES game each week is not gonna help Wii U AT ALL!

Now this article really put things in perspective and I think I would agree with this... I'm still dissapointed that the Gamepad capabilities in SM3DW are ignored almost in 95%, meaning that even the actual developers creating games on it's own hardware have a hard time realizing how the hell implement Gamepad functions on the actual game. Now I'm more dissapointed to know that even the GP screen goes off when playing DKC: Tropical Freeze! at least it would save a lot of battery life but still...

Wii U can sell if Nintendo drops the Gamepad by making it optional? Probably. They can make an entire new Wii U revision just like the 3DS and 3DS XL. They can redesign the Gamepad to make it more slim and attractive, get rid of the glossy finish and use a cool-looking matte finish instead, available in different colors since it would be now an optional component and bring a huge patch for Wii U and... A RENAME. Get rid of the Wii brand forever and use a completely new one, or at least call it Wii 2 or Super Wii. We really NEED a Nintendo Direct because I'm honestly tired of speculations and rumors and stuff. We need official news and of course, new game announcements and release dates! It's been more than a month since the last ND... it's understandable since Iwata is crossing through very rough times now but aw, come on!

Phew... Good! Now I'm genuinely excited to know what plans has Nintendo for mobile.

I... Think this is kinda good I gues??? If it's just apps, mini-games and silly stuff like that then it's all good and it could really attract more customers to their big consoles Wii U and 3DS.

I watched the trailer a few days ago... I'm still not convinced tough. It looks cute for sure (Maybe waay to cute and colorful and that sometimes cannot be a good thing...) but idk. Maybe it's the music, they've been using the same track since E3! It makes me worry this game would just have pretty much 3 or 4 songs. At least is produced by Takashi Tezuka wich is the godfather of Nintendo and a total Master on his field so let's hope the level design and creativity can be top notch because of that.

Really this preview seems that this game would easily score a 9 (even a 10??? ) I can't wait!!!

@DestinyMan Totally agree with you! This game is Super Mario 3D World all over in those aspects, most people expecting something new or different but in the end, the result is a top-notch quality awesome game that everyone even those with doubts at the beginning end up enjoying so much. I can't freaking wait to play this game it looks it would have non-stop action from beginning to end. I love that, plus dat David Wise soundtrack! I'm in media blackout so I haven't listened any new tracks yet but I'm sure is going to be outstanding.

My face when I read the title article: !!! My face when I read it's out on early 2015: !!!!!!! More than a year left to be able to play it . But hey, at least is officially confirmed!

If Watch_Dogs for Wii U is cancelled... I would be so done with Wii U. Watch_Dogs is my most anticipated game right now and I'm so looking forward to it. Don't do this to us Wii U users you're the only big 3rd Party company that still keeps supporting the console with good ports of your games (AC: IV is awesome on Wii U) and if this truly happens I would had lost all hope for Wii U, seriously... It just can't survive without 3rd Party games! Wii survived but Wii U can't do it anymore. Hope Ubisoft doesn't confirm this otherwise I would be seriously dissapointed.

Great! Mr. Inafune looks very happy. There's no doubt that when you work doing your favorite thing, everything would be a pleasure to do and it would not be work at all. Looking nice, day one purchase from me.

Mario Kart 8, a system seller without a doubt... Better don't screw it this time Marketing Nintendo Team, SERIOUSLY!!! If they made a huge advertisement campaign of this game, tons of different MK8 commercial on TV, plus a nice Wii U + MK8 bundle... Wii U would be back on track in no time and more than ready to receive the other big titles such as Smash, Bayo 2 and beyond.

This is without a doubt the most dissapointing week of downloads on the eShop ever... Just wow. I don't even believe we're going to see N64 and GBA games on Virtual Console anymore when we don't even have SMB3 yet in America even if we had the promise of getting it before the end of 2013... and we're almost at the end of January and still nothing. Let's go blackout or something haha. Sigh. Shin Megami Tensei discount is good tough.